The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-27
County News.

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County News.
Mrs. Rehecca Grosscnp NJ Lower
Alloway Creek, had a turkey lien To- die
after settlng on her eggs soue days.
The eggs were left to the exposure ri
the sun as worthless but after the ex-
pifatton OF THREE WEEKS nineteen tur-
Keys kicked ut of the shells. Lower
Greek has more extraordinary things
to happen there than any other place
IN South Jersey or else the S~itabodD's
correspondent y is more sagacious in
finding the events.
Elmer's canning factory is 10 put ny
300,0 cans 2 1000 gallon cans and
l2,OOOiars of tomatoes this year.
j. N Mayhem, Of Pole Tavpr,,. is
now making one thousand pound of
bologna sausage every week. 1t is sent
to Glassboro, Clayton, Clarksboro
Woodstown, Atlantic City, Elmer and
surrounding places.
The Catholics of Elmer contemplate
building "A church.
The Elmer Glass Works have been
in trouble financially, have passed into
the management of c. f. Wes,coai
and will, IL is alleged, resume opera
tioms next month.
Rev. w. w. Pratt. pastor OF the
Roadstowa Baptist Church, has breu
rendered tile Presidency of the Moron
galea College, jefferson, Pennsylvania,
ut a salary of $1,000.
Peter Blackwood, the veteran stage
driver, is reported in a feeble condition
and is staying with "A daughter in Sa-
lem.
The hog cholera is very bad at Al
dine at present. II. Sweatman has
lost one aud has several sick, and
hogs of several other farmers also have
it. Q. X. Currideu and w. 4. Rich
man, near Daretown, have also lost
nearly all their hogs by this disease.
The members of the HaiueS Neck
NJ. Il. Church and congregation. in
Huntington, IN Ter the lead of Rev.
p. Corson, of Sh%arptown. the preach
en- in charge of the circuit, are cou-
templating the erection Of a new
church, and plans for the new editiee
have already been secured, and consid-
cradle money subscribed.
Fire was discovered late on Tues
day night under the store IF Walls "
McKillip, at Elmer, and was diStin-
guished with slight damage. Straw
and wood, saturated with coal oil,
wer,. discovered in a hole uhter the
binding, and the lire, it is thought,
was the work of an inceudimy.
JOSEPH z. l.. Voute, OF Salem. had a
hearing before United States Comm.s-
sioner Morgan Wednesday, in Cam
der. charged with riding the United
States mail. He was committed IN
default of bail for trial. He will be
removed from Camden to the Salem
county prison,
Richard NJ. Stretch, u we'll known
of Alloway, died at that place
on Tuesday in the 79th year Of his
age. The deceased had been engaged
In mercantile business in Alioway for
many years. He leaves two sons and
two daughters
y sucking colt sired by Pducoast
lam sired by NutwOod, out of a Mann
Pdtchen mare. died at Horace
Disstom's stock farm, at Wuodslown,
IN Tuesday morning, nf intl mmItion
If the tiroat. II Was owned by Mr..
Disston, and was valued at $4,000
At the meeting Of the Salem Coun
y Pre- ectiye Association, M. /, of
'ilesgroye, in WDoistown on Monday
he executive committee. was aHtliofi-
ed 10 offer "a reward of Ten dollars
'or the arrest and conviction OF the
PERSONS who destroyed nearly ii half
hundred w~atermelons belung-
ny to Il member Of the society.
twenty dollars were paid for rewards
Turing the past year. The association
ias on hand a surplus OF nearly three
hundred dollars. Delinquent mem
,ers five quarters in Arrears are not
to assistance or reward from
he society. rhe annual dues for the
PRESENT year were fixed at twenty-five
,ents.